Debate: role of women in global economic crisis

11 March 2009

Baroness Gould of Potternewton, Chair of the Women’s National Commission (Labour), will call attention to the role of women in the global economic crisis in a debate this Thursday, 12 March, in the House of Lords

Figures released last week by the Office for National Statistics to mark International Women’s Day show that the recent economic downturn is affecting women’s employment opportunities in different ways to men’s.

In discussing women’s roles in the economic crisis, the debate will include contributions from experts on employment, sociology, economics and women’s rights.

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon, Leader of the House of Lords, will speak for the Government as spokesperson for Equalities.